http://xml.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Kevin Whinnery en Copyright 2008 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:06:50 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 10 http://xml.sys-con.com/node/540504 In the world of Rich Internet Applications, there is no shortage of technology choices to compose a user interface. But what tools will give us the best bang for our buck? Here is a look at some heavy hitters and newcomers in the RIA market, including: HTML & AJAX, Rails and Grails, Flex, Silverlight, Curl, GWT, OpenLaszlo, and Appcelerator.<p><a href="http://xml.sys-con.com/node/540504" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:15:00 EDT http://xml.sys-con.com/node/540504 http://xml.sys-con.com/node/489336 The defining characteristic of any RIA is that it has a stateful client that is (or should be) platform and browser independent. Thin-client web applications grew from the need to provide applications with more reach, easy access to server side data, and to alleviate the pain of having to install and configure thick client software. Thin-client web applications remain a great way to accomplish these goals. However, with the advent of these new RIA platforms, developers now have all the reach of a traditional thin-client web application with many of the useful characteristics of thick-client applications, such as the ability to maintain state on the client.<p><a href="http://xml.sys-con.com/node/489336" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:30:00 EST http://xml.sys-con.com/node/489336